"An Unfathomable Attack"

Remember the ordinary, if you can. Remember how normal New York City seemed
at sunrise yesterday, as beautiful a morning as ever dawns in early
September. The polls had opened for a primary election, and if the day
seemed unusual in any way, that was the reason — the collective awareness
that the night would be full of numbers. All the innumerable habits and
routines that define a city were unbroken. Everyone was preoccupied, in just
the way we usually call innocence.

And by 10:30 a.m. all that had gone. Lower Manhattan had become an ashen
shell of itself, all but a Pompeii under the impact of a terrorist attack
involving two airliners that crashed into the World Trade Center and then
brought its twin towers down. In Washington, a third plane had plunged into
the Pentagon. The president was for a long while out of sight, his plane
seeming to hop around the middle of the country in search of security. For
all Americans, the unimaginable became real..."
--New York Times Op Ed Page, September 12, 2001

In the aftermath of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, In Posse Review presents a special edition of written reactions and We invite writers to contribute first-person accounts, essays, stories
and poems on the Attack Against America. Often immediate,
extemporaneous reactions to the carnage, these are our way of expressing
our sorrow and horror.

We will continue to update this page during the days ahead, so check back periodically. If you believe you have something valuable to contribute, please read our submission guidelines.